Egwuonwu Surname

87,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Egwuonwu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Egwuonwu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5,3571:33,0682,740
United States631:5,753,316282,354
England381:1,466,26563,675
South Africa191:2,851,458109,033
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Egwuonwu (417) may also be a first name.

Egwuonwu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Egwuonwu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Egwuonwu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Egwuonwu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Egwuonwu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 87,505th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,325,731 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Egwuonwu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Egwuonwu is also the 420,947th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 417 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,357 people, or 1 in 33,068. In Nigeria Egwuonwu is most frequent in: Abia, where 32 percent are found, Enugu, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Egwuonwu exists in 10 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Egwuonwu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Egwuonwu surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Egwuonwu earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 33.88% less than the national average, earning R 157,116 per year and in United States they earn 9.94% more than the national average, earning $47,438 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egwwuonwu943/
Egwuotnwu941/
Eagwuonwu941/
Egwuonnwu941/
Egwuonwwu941/
Egwuonwuu941/
Egwonwu9370/
Eguonwu9322/
Egwuomwu8811/
Egwounwu8810/
Ekwuonwu887/
Agwuonwu885/
Egwoonwu883/
Egwvonwu883/
Egbuonwu883/
Ogwuonwu882/
Igwuonwu882/
Egwuanwu881/
Egbonwu802/
Agwonwu801/
Igwonwu801/
Ikwuonwu7583/
Equuonwu751/
Okwonwu673/
Ekuombu531/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Egwuonwu
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